Have you noticed that all markets and supermarkets have their stands full of a kind of sweet candies made with almonds, honey, sugar, and even chocolate? The popular sweet Turrones are the typical Spanish dessert during the Christmas holidays. Nowadays… More
Last week, students taking ISCS310 Sports, Culture and Society course made presentations about their Research Projects. These projects are based on students´ experiential learning, within a theoretical framework reflecting the reality of sports and culture… More
As part of the SOCG210 Gastronomy and Culture in Spain course, students prepared some typical tapas helped by the well-known chef Adrià Llenas. While enjoying, preparing and eating them, they also learned the origins of each ingredient, the region where… More
For those who never hear about the Catalan tradition of Caga Tió it can sound a bit weird and at the same time funny, but it is real and it has an ancient history. But, what is Caga Tió? The literally meaning of it is the Pooping Uncle and it is originally… More
Last weekend, we took the BUSP370 Brand Barcelona students to Valencia as part of the embedded excursion of the course. Valencia is located in the east coast of Spain in the Comunidad Valenciana region and is the third biggest city in Spain after Madrid… More